sæt (OSw) sátt (ON) sætt (ON) sætti (ON) noun

Literally ‘something set’. Mostly appearing in the context of breaching a sæt (OSw) concerning a serious crime such as murder, where it is often related to concepts of truce (OSw griþ), paid fines/compensations, unjust revenge, dishonourable killings (ON misvígi), unatonable crimes (OSw urbotamal), acts of villainy/outrage (OSw niþingsværk) or breaching the king’s (sworn) peace (OSw eþsöre), and is as such severely punished. Also appearing in the context of requirements for proving a sæt with oaths and witnesses. Occasionally appearing in the context of the initial agreement of a sæt, which seems to have been announced at the þing ‘assembly’, whether reached privately outside of court or as a result of legal proceedings at the þing.

agreement OIce Jó Mah 2
OSw ÖgL Bb
arrangement ONorw GuL Mhb
compromise ONorw GuL Mhb, Tjb
conciliation OSw ÄVgL Urb, Rlb
OSw DL Eb, Mb
OSw KrL SmbI
OSw UL Kgb
OSw VmL Kgb, Mb
OSw YVgL Rlb
private settlement OIce Grg Þsþ 60 Misc 244
reconciliation ONorw FrL Sab 21
OSw HL Mb
OSw YVgL Urb, Add
settlement (1) OIce Grg Vís 95 Bat 113 Feþ 156
OIce Jó Þjb 3
ONorw MLL Mah 2 Þjb 3
OSw HL Kgb
OSw MEL SmbI
OSw SdmL Kgb Refs:

Hertzberg s.v. sætt; ONP s.v. sǽtt; Schlyter s.v. sæt